Archive for October, 2006
Written by admin on 09 October 2006
Forces
of Corruption set to take over retail October 24; Petroglyph-developed
campaign lets players take on Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance as
crime lord Tyber Zann.
Wherever there is war, there is someone looking to profit off it, even
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. That’s the premise of the
upcoming expansion to the Star Wars real-time strategy game Empire at
War, which LucasArts today announced has gone gold.
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Written by admin on 09 October 2006
Fanatic Pokemon Fans bring in large amounts of cash for Japanese retailers
Pokemon video games supplies in Japan were drained in just 4 days, a
total of 1,588,734 copies of Pokemon titles were sold. Two Pokemon
titles dominate the first two spots of the classification. Seems like
the Japanese can’t keep their hands off their Nintendo DS consoles
while they are playing Pokemon.
The first ever Pokemon video game was created by Satoshi Tajiri in the
1990s for Nintendo Japan. The franchise evolved a great deal as a
series of cartoons, comic books, trading cards and toys were created.
Players that Play the Pokemon game are able to catch the monsters,
train them and if they evolve enough, they can transform into other
Pokemons. The Pokemon franchise appeals to children as the little
creatures don’t bleed or die, they only faint.
Until now over 100,000,000 copies of Pokemon video games have been sold worldwide.
The record for the largest opening for any title in Japan is held by
Final Fantasy VIII with 2,504,044 copies sold. Maybe the next Pokemon
release will break that record.
Source: softpedia.com
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Written by admin on 09 October 2006
Uwe Boll just won’t go away
Fresh from luring journalists to the boxing ring, German director Uwe
Boll is in the middle of filming his latest video game adaptation for
Postal. According to 1UP, his next project will be Bloodrayne II:
Deliverance, following the January 2006 movie release based on
Majesco’s vampire action game series. Actress Kristanna Loken
undertakes her role as Bloodrayne, with the film being set in the Old
West.
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Written by admin on 07 October 2006
Kouichi Ishi talks about Children of Mana sequel
Square Enix Senior Executive and producer of Children of Mana, Koichi
Ishi joined the gaming press to reveal more inside information on the
upcoming Heroes of Mana DS adventure. He underlined the title’s
strengths, like Wi-Fi multiplayer capacity and innovative playing
effects. Although Square Enix has not yet announced their complete
lineup for the virtual console on the Wii, Ishi said that an
independent Mana title is "currently being considered"; only to later
reaffirm there is "a great amount of possibility for development on the
Wii." Ishi even revealed there is great potential in a remake for The
Secret of Mana by claiming: "If the fans want it then we will consider
it."
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